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Case FileNARA NAID 28982532 · T1206 Roll 35

Project Blue Book Case File

Denville, NJMarch 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Denville, NJ in March 1959. The full case file (3 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 35.

Reported location

Denville, NJ

Date of incident

March 1959

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
13 Mar 59

2. LOCATION
Denville N.J.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
2050 EST
GMT
1-D/0150Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
[illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Photograph submitted w/24 objs appearing rare away fm the moon. Objs were not noticed until after film was developed.

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
24

9. COURSE
[illegible]

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other: Photog error
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Static electric discharge was arrived at as the cause by photo analysis section.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28982532

Connected across the archive

Organizations

photo analysis section

Places

Denville N.J.Denville, NJNew JerseyNJ

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

13 Mar 5919591959-03-011 March 1959

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